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The Appling County Pirates (33-2) advanced to the State Championship with two wins over fellow Region 2AA foe Brantley County (20-13) on May 21. The Pirates won the first game 11-1 in five innings and the Pirates would win the second game 12-6 to advance to their first ever state championship. The Pirates will host Region 2AA second seed Pierce County Bears (29-7) in the State Championship series.
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He has been featured in news articles and on covers across the country as being potentially one of the top picks in the June 4 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. In fact, in its 2012 Prospect List MLB.com is showing Baxley’s Byron Buxton as being the number one pick overall and offers the following:
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The Appling County Pirates (29-2 overall), top seed in Region 2AA, defeated the second seed from Region 7AA the Coosa Eagles (18-8) two games to one and will now advance to the third round of the State AA Playoffs.
The Pirates will start Elite Eight play on Tuesday, May 15 hosting Region 6AA top seed and number two ranked Blessed Trinity Titans (26-4) in a doubleheader starting at 4:00 p.m. The second game will start thirty minutes after the first is completed. The third game will be played Wednesday, May 16 beginning at 4:00 p.m. if needed.

Lindsey Johnson, daughter of Zach and Deborah Johnson of Hazlehurst, and a current Senior at Appling Christian Academy is shown signing to play Division II College Softball at Palm Beach Atlantic University located in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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The Appling Pirates (27-1 overall, 16-0 Region 2AA) took on the visiting Thomasville Bulldogs (14-12, 7-5 Region 1AA) in the first round “best of three” series of the GHSA class AA playoffs on Friday afternoon, May 4. The Pirates were victorious in the two games played on Friday by the scores of 12-2 in the first game and 4-1 in the second contest of the day. The Pirates will now advance to the second round to face the Coosa Eagles (17-6, 10-3) of Rome, the number two seed from Region 7AA, in a doubleheader on Wednesday, May 9 with the first game starting at 4:00 p.m. The second game will start 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one.

Pictured is Pirate Dylan Hutchinson speaking to Pirate Assistant Coach Tyler Cason at first base during the first round of the State AA Playoffs against Thomasville

Reeling from a 5-0 defeat in the first game of the best two out of three championship series, the Appling Christian Lady Eagles came roaring back to win the GCAA State Championship in softball this past weekend in Franklin Springs. The Lady Eagles won games two and three handedly by defeating the Peoples Christian Knights 13-0 in game two and 8-3 in game three to win the series and the championship.
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The Appling County Pirates (25-1 overall, 16-0 region 2AA) ended the regular season this week with wins over Brantley County (14-10, 10-6) 8-7 on April 27 and over Calvary Day (17-8, 12-1 3A-A) 5-2 on April 28.
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Appling Christian’s baseball team advanced through the first two rounds of the Georgia Christian Athletic Associations playoffs this past week. Monday was a single game series against the number four seed from Region one, the Challengers of Shiloh Hills Christian Academy from Kennesaw.
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The ACMS Rams earned a record of 11-1; conference final 4 No. 2 seed, and in the first conference game they shut out Arthur Williams 3-0. In the championship game the Rams defeated Jeff Davis to win SE Conference Championship 42-0.

This past Wednesday members of the Appling Christian Eagle Football team of 2011 received their championship rings. The Eagle football team won the Georgia Christian Athletic Association eight-man football championship this past November defeating the King’s Way Challengers from Douglasville.
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This past week was again busy for the Appling Christian baseball team. The week began with a road loss to First Presbyterian in Hinesville. The hits were few and the pitching was not as sharp as it needed to be.
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